Céline Dion is bracing for Angélil's death: report

Canadian music star Céline Dion and husband Rene Angélil pose for photos after being decorated with the Order of Canada in Quebec City on July 26, 2013. Céline Dion says she has to feed her ailing husband Rene Angélil because he can't use his mouth.Angélil, who has doubled as Dion's manager, had surgery in December 2013 to remove a cancerous tumour.JACQUES BOISSINOT / THE CANADIAN PRESS

Preparing for her return at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas on Aug. 27 — the residency she put on hiatus when Angélil’s throat cancer returned — Dion, 47, told the US publication she was reluctant to return to the stage.

“I didn’t want to be here at first, I don’t need it. Don’t get me wrong, I love singing for people, but I have priorities.”

“But René really gave me a gift. All my grieving, it was during this last year. I think I’ve got this. For now,” she said. “When it hits me, it’s going to hit me. But my biggest job is to tell my husband, we’re fine. I’ll take care of our kids. You’ll watch us from another spot.”

Calling Angélil “the only boyfriend I’ve ever had” and “the leader of the band all my life,” she said she isn’t sure if he’ll be able to attend opening night. After undergoing procedures in Boston, he is living in their Las Vegas home and has been on a feeding tube for two years, she told the paper.

She said they’ve asked doctors how long he has, “but they say they don’t know.”

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